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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






2. Known for his glass sculpture






3. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






4. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






5. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






6. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






7. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






8. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






9. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






10. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






11. The amount of light reflected by a hue






12. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






13. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






14. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






15. Pale green






16. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






17. Where the revolving door was fully developed






18. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






19. Application of potassium sulphide






20. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






21. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






22. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






23. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






24. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






25. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






26. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






27. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






28. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






29. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






30. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






31. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






32. Something that supports a sculpture






33. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






34. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






35. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






36. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






37. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






38. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






39. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






40. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






41. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






42. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






43. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






44. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






45. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






46. Creates blue dye






47. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






48. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






49. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






50. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence